The Robotech chronology, according to Harmony Gold, is illustrated below:

The 1985 series Robotech is most often credited as the catalyst for the Western interest in anime.

Both Macross and Robotech also include a " Grand Cannon " massive energy weapon based in the northern hemisphere that is used for planetary defense.

In the Robotech canon, based on Macross, Earth is the homeworld of humanity and notable as one of the few places that " The flower of life " ( the source of the powerful energy source Protoculture ) can grow.

* SDF-4 Izumo ( also identified as the Liberator ), is the fourth Super Dimensional Fortress in the fictional Robotech universe.

The reason for changing is unknown, but the naming convention is the same as the Macross series and there might be a conflict in getting an America copyright even though the Gundam series aired before the Macross series in Japan but later than the Macross series ( known as Robotech ) in America.

In Macross ( and Robotech ), Minmay is the love interest of the main character Hikaru Ichijyo ( Rick Hunter in Robotech ) and becomes an idol singer and movie star on board the spacecraft SDF-1 Macross.

It is transliterated as Zentradi, Zjentohlauedy, Zentrady and Zentraedi for the Japanese Macross series, with the Zentraedi spelling being the one most used commonly in the Robotech adaptation.

In 2009, Dolza, the Supreme Commander of all Zentraedi forces in the galaxy, is ordered by the Robotech Masters to find and recover the lost spaceship that had crashed on Earth in 1999.

Her skills as a pilot and tactician are critical to the eventually defeat of the Robotech Masters by the Southern Cross human forces, although the human victory is a pyrrhic one.

Robotech is considered one of the titles most responsible for igniting anime fandom in North America and internationally.

is a fictional character from the Japanese anime science fiction series Macross ( which was loosely adapted as the first story arc of Robotech ) and the prequel OVA Macross Zero.

In the fictional Macross Japanese anime series and its English adaptation Robotech, the first mass-produced variable fighter ( Macross ) or veritech fighter ( Robotech ) is called the VF-1 Valkyrie.

In Robotech ( the 1985 American adaptation of Macross ), the VF-1 is most commonly referred to as the " Veritech Fighter ", with " Veritech " being short for Variable Engineering and Robotic Integration TECHnology, but the fighter's official popular name " Valkyrie " is used in a few infrequent references.

The VF-1 is different from modern fighter aircraft in that it can transform into three different configurations or modes for different combat environments, and can perform the task of more than one fighting vehicle: In Fighter mode it can act as a jet fighter or a space fighter ; in GERWALK ( or Guardian in Robotech ) mode it acts as a VTOL unit or a " chicken walker " mecha ; in Battroid mode ( or Battloid in Robotech ) it acts as a humanoid mecha.

After the events of The Macross Saga the Robotech Expeditionary Force is formed and leaves Earth to hunt for the Robotech Masters ; returning during the 2030s and 2040s to battle the Invid.

Because of Robotech's unaltered reuse of footage from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, distinctive signage reading " Robotech Defense Force " or " RDF " never appears in the show, instead reading " UN Spacy " ( the fictional military force depicted in Macross ; the term " Spacy " is an extrapolation of the terms ' Army ' and Navy ' - though some Japanese sources also use the term ' Space Army ' and some English-language sources use the term ' Space Navy ,' suggesting that the term is a contraction ).

The fictional Second Robotech War ( 2029 – 30 ) is a major conflict in the Robotech science fiction universe, pitting the transformable fighters and hovertanks of the human forces against the bioroids and assault carriers of the Robotech Masters.

" Mechamorphosis " is also used to refer to the transformation of robots in fiction relating to the Robotech anime setting ; primarily in the novelizations written by Jack McKinney.

The Robotech Masters series itself was an English dub of the Japanese anime Super Dimensional Calvary Southern Cross.

* Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, a 1984 anime series from Japan brought to the USA as part of Robotech

* Rook Bartley of the anime series Genesis Climber Mospeada and Robotech

Carl Macek created protoculture as a macguffin to unite the storylines of the three separate anime that comprised Robotech.

* Maia Sterling, a character from the Robotech anime series

Similar themes can be seen in the Japanese anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and its Robotech American adaptation.

* Optera — The homeworld of the Invid in the anime Robotech.

* Tirol — The homeworld of the Robotech Masters in the anime Robotech.

Although their impact on the art in North America was minimal for decades, the distinctive nature of the anime series created a cult following that grew gradually until the 1980s when Star Blazers and Robotech, with their complex storylines and frank depiction of violence, helped create the groundswell that would lead to the major influx of anime popularity starting in the 1990s.

* Tirol ( fictional planet ), the homeworld of the Robotech Masters in the anime series Robotech

In order to meet the 1980s daily syndicated minimum guideline of 65 episodes, for example, Robotech was created by merging three unrelated anime shows and their storylines rewritten so that they relate to each other.

The are a fictional, militastic race of alien, humanoid giants and often the main antagonist in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime series and its Robotech adaptation.

This kind of adaptation technique, turning multiple shows into one show, was originally used in anime with shows like Robotech and Voltron.

It consisted of anime such as Sailor Moon, Voltron, Robotech, Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, G Gundam, Gundam 08th MS Team, and Outlaw Star.

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Its name derives from the popularity of the Robotech anime series, and its namesake, Protoculture.

However, in the Robotech adaptation of episode 36 ( To The Stars ) the three died at their posts defending Macross City from Khyron's suicide attack.

* Robotech An adaptation of Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada ( 1985 )

* The Zentradi Battlepods ( The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Japanese anime series and its Robotech American adaptation )

In Robotech, the 1985 American-edited adaptation of three unrelated anime sci-fi series ( 1, 2, 3 ), the term Protoculture was used to describe a powerful energy source, a catalyst in genetic engineering, a hallucinatory substance, and the described " lifeblood " of two different races.

WildStorm's final Robotech project, Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles, was an alternate conclusion of the Sentinels storyline, picking up — very broadly speaking — where the Waltrip's original comic adaptation of the series had left off, with Edwards's treachery being exposed.

Her recent prominent feature film roles include starring as a sultry singer in James Kerwin's sci-fi film noir Yesterday Was a Lie, which she also produced, and voicing " Janice Em " in the animated film Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.

Carl F. Macek came to public attention in 1985 as the producer and story editor of the influential animated television series Robotech, which he produced for Harmony Gold USA.

After his death, a short documentary, Carl Macek's Robotech Universe, was produced.

They later licensed Macross to Harmony Gold, who then produced Robotech.

Although it is commonly understood that the Alpha fighters used by the Robotech Expeditionary Force were produced prior to the departure of the Pioneer Mission, the ASC opted to develop its own Veritech mecha which saw heavy use against the forces of the Robotech Masters, including the:

The second Robotech game produced by Vicious Cycle, VC chose to focus on the next most popular section of Robotech, The New Generation, in part due to the choice of mecha available, the famous Cyclone.

The company, which began as an importer of anime, marketing primarily to the existing network of anime fans, rapidly expanded and soon had its own dedicated dubbing studios and a distribution network that also handled international marketing, licensing and North American home video distribution for a wide variety of other programming, including non-ADV produced animated titles such as Sailor Moon, Robotech, Hello Kitty and Reboot, and a diverse linup of live action programming that ranged from from Japanese horror and kaiju productions such as Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, DaiMajin and the all-time Godzilla classic Destroy All Monsters to a long list of TV series that included hits like Jim Henson's Farscape, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, The Beastmaster and Mutant X.

Harmony Gold USA, the American company that produced Robotech, decided to combine it with two other weekly series, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada, to make a show that had enough episodes to market it as a daily series on American syndicated television.

When Harmony Gold decided to reboot the Robotech universe for the 21st century, much of the " expanded universe " material that had been produced for the franchise, like the graphic novel and the Sentinels storyline, was relegated to a position of secondary continuity, free to be overwritten by new material.